Panel-board.



F. SKEEL.

PANEL BOARD.

APPLICATION FiLED SEPTZZ, 191i.

Patented Feb. 8, 1916. v

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R IO BOUSEJHNDS GOMPANY.

TN' @F NEIQU YU'RK.

inverses.

Applicatie.

oonnected either to the outside mains in a two Wire system or to one of the outs ie mains and to the neutral main in e. three nf'ire. tem; and 'the invention consists in the eonr binations and constructions hereinafter set forth and claimed.l y

In describing this invention reference is had to the neeon'ipanying drawing in which like characters designate corresponding parts inail the views.

Figure l is a plan of a panel lifoartl corr taining one embodiment of my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional View on line Awe Fig. l. Fig. 3 un' enlarged sectional View on line 4B-+B, Fig. l.

rlhis panel hoard comprises bus liars sup ported on the base and design-eil to -be eonnested respectively to the outside resins anal the neutral main of a three wire system of electrical distribution, three conducting hars conneeted respeetively to the outside rains and the neutral mein and designed to be connected. in a lend Circuit, one leg of which is connected to the oonclueting bar Connected to one of thel outside main bus bars, and the other leg of vwhich load circuit is eminente@v `either to th: conducting har connected to the neutral leus bar or to the conducting other main is hnr7 unil means for connecting suoli other of the load eirenit to either oit' the two last-inentioned condi... .1,

signed to he connecter. to the out of a three rfre system, .snel i is the neutral bus bar designed to be connected to the third` Wire of such system.

5, (i and 7 conducting bars mounted on thehase and extending transversely the bus hars 2, 3 and lf and connected-respeetively to said bus bars.

In the illustrated embodiment oi my in- )ar which is lzonneetrrl to the.

Fei. s, 191eT rention 'murali-ty of sets of conducting hars are @ovm and in. all of the sets witl. Y of the last set, the unetion har 7 performed by the xt atijaeent set. The conduct- .5 of eaeli set is connected at- 8 to in hns ha g hars G is connected to the st The hars 5, 6 are coni, 1l o t' a lonel circuit ,2 anti, fuses 13 mounted the loudv eirenit in the )his intention liesI primarily in means for conneet/ingf one lee' of each load Circuit either to a conduct. .g har 5 or to that con ducting har of the next which is Connected to the outside 'ous bar opposite to the outside hns har te which the other leg of said loacl oir-enit Connected. For facilitating such sonnet-tion the oonductin bars 5 6 of adjacent its are arranged in reverse order, that the har 5 of the .first set is Connected to the ,vliile the bar 5 of the next set lies ft to the bar oit the .first set and is conne l to the opposite outside bus har 3.

The .means for connecting one leg, as the leg l o' eeeh load circuit to either the conducting hor of one Circuit or to the bar 5 of the :next circuit or to the bar 7 of the last cire-uit.Il comprises a. switch bar 14 connected to Conducting `bar l5 on the panel. board anti. ari-ai G anti swung at an angle thereto and'conu neotefl to the oar 5 of the next'. set.r .v

ln ci of the n it to the l barsVs switch har l. bar "Z. l i' r 2 or and each' it is desired to connect the oa-r 6` d to be brought into alinement 'n with the bnr G or disconnected trom snch bar pnv nose Specified.

oA panel l'oard. eon'iprising a hase, bus here `supported,v on .the onse und designed to he connected respectively 'with the outside' ni-aine and the neutral mein oi.: :1L three wire system, three conducting,` here; mounted on.

the base und exteinlin'g trnnsvereely of the bus here3v the conducting' bers being conf nected respectively to the bus bui-e und designed to be connected in .n load circuit, one

legi' of' which loud circuit ie connected te the' conducting` liar connected to one 'of the out# Side ons hairs and the 'other leg ot which loud circuit ieclinnecte'd' either to the conducting lazir connected to the neutral bus l liar or to the conducting bur Connected to the other Aoutside hue buiizvzi'nd n niof'al'ile switch yfor commuting euch otl leg of the loud circuit to either of the. (no hiet-mentioned .-oiidiu-.li` lizire,"sucli swtch'conipi'ieingn har with the condnotingv bnr connected to the neutral hue our undinoulile into :iposition 1 le to the Conducting hui' connected ,Html lius har; into connection with the cmiductingg nur connected to such other outside lum lmr. substantially es und for the nu set lforth.A v

' 9. i panel lionrd'comprising,n baise bus liars Supported on the buse and designed to lic conn malins and the neutral ninin of u-three wire s irstciu. n plurality off-Sets or conducting` lim-.Ln the condo/tug hairl of one set heino- :onnected respectively to one of the outside hue here; und to' the neutrul. liuS'lmr, and

Annul to he hrougjlit'into aline-inenteutcd iespectirely tothe outside 'tlioee ofthe next 'adjacent setl being connected to ille other outside busbnp. tothe neutral .bus-liar, the conductlng bars of each set being designed-'to be connected "1espec-` Snitch for connecting' the leg" of .the load circuit connected-.to the conducting bur of .one setto one of the conductinghurs ofthe next set, substantially-us and for the purpose described.

l0. A panel bozu'dlcomprising :i buse, Abus hure supported. on the base and designed tov he connected respectivelyto the outside 'mains und the neutral main of e three'lwire system, u plurality of factsl of Conducting bars` the conductin,f ,1r bars of one set being connected to one of the outside bus bers and to the'neutril bus bei', and thosjeiof the next adjacent set being connected to the other outside mein bus bnr and to the lneutral lius bau', the conducting bars `of each set being deigncd to be connected respectively to the legs of n load circuit,'nnd ineens associated with each set of con-ducting bore for connecting the load circuitleg connected yto thecorulucting lmr.l which is normally connected to tlic neutral bus bar, to the con` ducting' bur of ythe next set which is com nected to such other outside 4hns bar, sub-" etiiynrony 1"\ vhcreof. I have hereunto signed-*my nunuein the presence of two 'attceting witnesses.I :it Syracuse .in the county hxondugiu in' the State of New York, this 21st day ofl August, 1911. f

TAL ConNLL BLANDING,

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v4lv ne' end for the purpose described. 

